Building construction



D. C. PATTERSON.

BUILDING CONSTRUCTION.

APPLICATION FILED SEPT. Is, I9I9.

Patented Aug. 17, 1920.

DAVID C. PATTERSON, 0F OMAHA, NEBRASKA.

'BLDING CONSTRUCTION.

Application filed September 18, 1919.

To allee/0111, t may concern.'

Be it known that I, DAVID C. PATTERSON, a citizen of the United States,residing at Omaha, in the county of Douglas and State of Nebraska," haveinvented certain new and useful Aimprovements in Building Construction,of which the following is a specication.

rl'his invention relates to an improvement in building construction andhas for its principal object to provide a confined air space for theouter walls Aof a building, to exclude the cold or heat or dampness fromthe interior. Another object is to provide such a construction thatbuildings may be built conveniently and economically. The invention isfully illustrated in an accompanying drawing, and the novel and usefulfeatures are described hereinafter and are particularly pointed out inthe' appended claim. In the drawing, Figure 1 is a broken away view inSection Showing one of the walls of the building and an abuttingbasement floor. F ig. 2 is a view in side elevation showing a part ofthe upright wall, the stucco therefor being omitted.

Referring now to the drawing for a more particular description, Iprovide two-pari side walls 3, each having an air-space 4 con tinuousfrom its footing 5 to the upper floor joist 6 the height of these wallsdepending upon the number of stories required for a building.

Each upright side wall consists of an outer part a and an inner part Z),preferably constructed of cement or similar adhesive material andconnected by tie-rods 7, said rods having angular terminals embedded ina manner to maintain the parts a and Z) in spaced relation andapproximately parallel; and for convenience when building the wallsthese parts are formed as rectangular blocks with channels therebetween,as shown in the drawing.

The footing 5 may `be constructed of concrete or any other materialadapted to Sustain the weight of the side walls, and as described, Saidwalls are imperforate with the exception that suitable openings areprovided for doors 8 and windows 9, hair-cloth 10 or other compressibleinsulating material being employed and interposed between the wall andthe frames 11 of the doors and windows, so that air within the spaceswill not communicate with the atmosphere, caps l2 of concrete or woodtogether with hair- Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Aug. 17, 1920. Serial No. 324,467.

cloth or other suitable insulating material 13 being employed foreffecting a closure of the top of the wall 3. Numerals 14 indicateheadersl for the floor-joist 6, and at 15 is indicated hair-cloth orsimilar `fibrous insulating material interposed between the iloorjoist Gand the floor 16 thereon, the lower side of the floor-joist 6 beingprovided with insulating material 17 and plaster 18.

AS best shown in F ig. 1, that part below the first loor-joist 19 is fora basement, and since a part thereof is generally disposed below theground line and generally is subject to dampness, a double wall,preferably constructed of concrete, is provided for .its loor,consisting of a Hoor-base 2O and a floor-plate 21 sustained above thebase by a plurality of spacing-bars 22, whereby an air-space c isprovided having a length and breadth corresponding to the area, in plan,of the basement, said air-space not being in communication with theatmosphere, said double floor preferably consisting of rectangularsections d, for convenience, the bars 22 being of such proportion thatthey will sustain the wei-ght incidental to the uses of the floor 21,and the angular terminals of said bars being embedded in the concrete orcement when the sections are formed.

Numerals 23 indicate plaster which is applied to the interior of theside walls, and at 24 as indicated stucco for parts of the Side wallsabove the ground line.

The construction is considered to be simple, and dwelling houses orlarger buildings may be conveniently built in the manner described; andsince the interior of the building ispractically surrounded by aconfined air-space, the expense for heating during extreme cold weatherwill be reduced to a minimum, and the interior of the building willremain comfortably cool during hot weather, dampness for the basementbeing practically eliminated.

`What I claim as new and desire to Secure by Letters Patent is Inbuilding construction, a pair of up- Iight walls each being providedwith an opening, tie-rods embedded in said walls for maintaining themapproximately parallel and to provide an air Space therebetween, a framein the openings of said walls, a footing for supporting and for closingthe air space at the bottom of said walls, an insulating element mountedupon the upper terminals of said walls, a cap-member upon saidinsulating element, a eompiessible brous viding an air-space between thebase-mem- 10 element in the openings of said walls for enbei' andHoor-plates approximately equal in gagging the trame, aV base-member ofadarea to the area of said base-member.

hesive material extending` horizontally from In teetimony whereof I haveaixed my 5 the footing, upright Spacing-bars embedded signatue-npresence of two witnesses.

in and projecting above the base-member, DAVID C. PATTERSON.

and a plurality of floor-plates of adhesive Vitnesses:

material disposed end to end above the base- HIRAM A. STURGES,

member engaging the Spacing-bars for pro- GEORGE D.HENN1NGS.

